, 1887-06-16

tie .1f..! !-r-- -,rtl t's....n.r4.tE fEsF-
.ur nycl rlfrf. ana hi, recital ,f
i.e; ;,,,.- a,r.r.r tn. Ija;I.I-. and
r.H,r rn~.E.rp trilgs .ra ..r.,.,,- INV
earliest r.r..la,.iogz. and ,..rn IN
80. J arrived ip InoaIwaf.r ISav and
nut nif l',r,r-,...-,.- ii .-i-.ar of ION.
o.. -..;r..lv. and E-t.u7. I..t.- son. himself
.r...I.i ,4af,. ana i..ar! t,orn tell about
tr.. ...l..,rf or ,i,n.vt,f.a man in tho
g. l.l-.,,i4 81 r4rIa r,a FnsI .5 rIur!
r., h...ir 81, This wild northwest raast
r-:r ? f.sI BEEN born en- its e.i!-a
-.l .1.f ..r-fl~- 7 law, ri~F, nv
aafp. FIR ,a.ra th..- tl;, tHiri If =
..,.,t1r.v
Tho 'Gr-; iraJina, establishment o,.
r.H., .v.r II.Il ',1 IT,, Columbia
.;var VIZ. constructed bv CaDisju Ma
s.... W-rr-tir who ;fy.iyeI at th.
C,jrr3r.ia .r fine tvanty-ffth dav nF
]F7v. I4Ia and entered tha river ON
,.,.. 3irL ;,gnt,.i, \Yinshin had with
him u letter af advice and instruction.
from It; I-,fErr Captain JonaiI,an
N-5p.hfp. Who commanded the SHIN
D'Eanc Ir1an.iuv to The sqr,r pspp-
diticn tHa fIb3tr.-s and O'kaun bn-
inc, owned ir E.-tou bv tnipI. .jeD--
ia.o and Nathan NE;rtbia arI Iru-
f4,9in 2. Homer
Or trr 25tb 81 ]uur-l 1851 /
wrote tn M oh and y,luaI friend
,he yan,r:Ij, TimnfIv D5fj. or E1s-
ton NJ Inn, 5.:.Irr fa,raar1y pf IN.
finn og Parker * Dofd. Who fitted
.rt tie Co!umiia and WASHINGTON
for KarIrick and Gray. famous
cruise f.. ~ay, ma tha ToiIowia,r
information. derived from his o,1u
i,urraIs and records. and from Il d.
-rriptian hv .la..rh i. ligcElr-gam.
publj-hc,i 81 tine H0stor C0arirr De-
rrmb,r 3I.t. l.i5. and from letter
from John 5. TvIcr. Of Boston. Who
married q GaurLiar Ahinl WinsLi2.
Cen. TyI.r wrote io MIR, Dadl. in re
.porspstg NV iuuuirias. ug!cr dale of
5,-tpn- Ecvpuhrr t i-nT - follows
In rcsual,a To the i-nuirias Of Mr..
Swan. in his letter 10 Won Of 18th An
gust. [ an able 10 sav that the snip
AIbatross Wa owned hv INV father
/ 10 law, Abirl MIn-hir. and hi Ii,
thars Jonathan and Ahici. and Hcuia
min i. Homer. She sailed from
Boston JrrIy II 1860 and arrived at
the Sandwich I-ianGs in March. 1910.
Nathan WinsLip was master. and
! William Smith va, Gr-t 1natp From
| the Sandwich Island, she sailed for
| the northwest coast. and arrived oil
the mouth Of the Columbia on The
/ 29th day of Nav. 1919. Cam. Win
ship bad 4 letter from his brother
caDrain. Jonathan. c,a,enDIatin1, the
establishments OF 2 Trading stuti6n on
/ the river Sho remained in the Co
| lumbia Kiyer until July Iath. when
she sailed for California. and. after
cruising about for several months. M
and down the coast. arrived IL brakes
Bay November 18th. where she met
the ship O'Kane. with Captain Jona-
than Ninship in command.
Buckingham. in the Boston Courier.
saws: The log book OF the shin de-
/ scribes her cruise I'D the river rs one
/ # rrcat difficulty throuoh strong cur
.cnis. Swallows in some parts of the
river, and Ignorance Of the channel
/ After cruising up the river ten davs.
! 4 place was selected fcr = settlement,
and Dreparation5 were made for tho
erection of q large trading and dwell
ling house, land was cleared Tor cul-
tivation. ana some seeds were sown,
when 4 rise in the river Dut stop to
their operations. The land was over
flowed, and the house. which was
nearly finished. was filled with water
to the depth of eighteen inches, and
the spot was abandoned. At this
time Capt. JoDashan Winslip. in the
| O'Cain, was at Sir Francis brakes
Bay. California, and his brother de
termineI IN ION and consult with
him before atfamptin9 another Ioca-
tion Tho settlement Mas temnorariIv
Abandoned Tho ehins O'Gain api
SUIaiross continued iradiror op tbe
coast Int did nof ratnrn to ibe Co
| Inmhia ns Mr. Asfor's projected sci
tIn,1ont had become Known. and rs
he md sont ont force and material
for thn iarra establishments of Astoria.
if was considered useless for \ rival
cnmnaoy So u,ucb ;nferisr II STRENGTH
- aitarnnf i1 comnnia Win him 'Tba
! eynnGitiIn Eo,ynvey ,v1E nnt tinaiIv
giJen M mil the hrralin~ ont Of